Sony is merging Funimation & Crunchyroll

[Exemplar]

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/08/09/crunchyroll-now-joining-funimation-global-group

Sony’s Funimation Global Group Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T | Sony Pictures Entertainment

CULVER CITY, CA AND DALLAS, TX, August 9, 2021 — Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) and AT&T Inc.* (NYSE:T) today announced that SPE has completed its acquisition of AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business through Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between SPE and Sony...

www.sonypictures.com

 

[mobius017]

For however applicable it is/isn't, I'm glad Crunchyroll was acquired by Funimation and not Aniplex or someone. Funimation's prices are much more reasonable than Aniplex's, at least in my experience, and from what I've heard, at least, that pricing paradigm (Funi being reasonable) holds generally. I don't have a ton of anime DVDs, though.

 

[sketchesofpayne]

They'll combine to form: Funchyroll (pronounced like "funky-roll")